Category: Social Sciences
Junior Samuel Zahn has been selected as a 2021 Truman Scholar
Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school, participate in leadership development activities, and have special opportunities for internships and employment with the federal government.
Nineteen graduate students at UNC receive NSF fellowships
Nineteen graduate students at UNC-Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for 2021.
The Graduate School announces Horizon and Impact Award winners
Each year, The Graduate School honors graduate students for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. Eleven Impact Awards and five … Read more
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Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s book: “I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights … Read more
When service-learning comes full circle
Sophomore Samara Perez Labra is working on community development and revitalization initiatives at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County alongside Carolina alumnus Kevin Giff.
Post-pandemic life: recovery and revelations in education
In part one of a three-part series, two Carolina experts consider the pandemic’s lasting effects on education from kindergarten through college.
Taking the Economy’s Temperature
Millions of people are unemployed, many industries are struggling, and some businesses will never open again. Will we recover? UNC economists and financial analysts remain cautiously optimistic.
The pros and cons of universal basic income
The Well spoke with two College faculty members who have studied universal basic income.
#GDTBATH: Lamar Richards
Carolina sophomore and student body president-elect Lamar Richards is making his mark on campus by paving the way for more students to succeed.
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Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. In honor of Women’s History Month, this month’s featured book: “The Oxford Handbook of Gender, War, … Read more
Depression and anxiety among first-year college students worsen during pandemic
Study by UNC-Chapel Hill shows the impact of social isolation and remote instruction.
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Learn more about how one professor made his large classes feel small and another showed how topics studied in class are applied and used .
Carolina Population Center receives $38.2 million to study adult health and aging
The new grants will enable researchers to follow the original adolescent cohort into their 40s with a sixth wave of data collection and dissemination.
Tar Heels connect with Vietnamese language, culture in new program
The University’s new Vietnamese language pilot program is allowing students to enroll in introductory Vietnamese language classes at SOAS University of London.
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Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s book: “I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place and the … Read more
The 2021 Graduate School Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Each year, The Graduate School recognizes four doctoral candidates or recent doctoral graduates for creating exceptional dissertations.
New initiative will study technology and the adolescent brain
When Jim Winston Jr. (’B.A. history ’81, Ph.D. psychology ’92) walks his kids into school, he passes through throngs of older students — heads down, glued to their cell phones.
Bringing sociology to the business world — and beyond
Lindsay Guzowski (M.A. sociology ’04) credits her time and experiences at UNC-Chapel Hill with setting her on the path to where she is today.
25 earn 2021 University Teaching Awards
This year’s winners persevered during the pandemic to remain focused on their students.
UNC researchers launch “Carolina Tracker,” a resource for pandemic recovery
Carolina Tracker project is an online site offering day-to-day information on how North Carolinians’ lives have changed since the onset of the pandemic. Produced by the department of city and … Read more